The Family (2013)

Please don't spend money on this.

It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

The first must-see film of the year.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

There was a time when you seen Robert De Niro and it was a must watch. What happened to that. Robert De Niro has done nothing but crap in the last ten years. Here again we De Niro playing a wise guy, tough guy in this totally unbelievable why the hell am I watching this, movie. I would like to say Michele Pfeiffer and Tommy Lee Jones helped in this but the only thing they helped do is tank this movie. Tommy Lee Jones another actor who rest on his morals. Hasn't had a good movie since Men In Black. Just do your self a favor and don't even start. Go outside and sit in the rain. You will enjoy yourself much more.

As usual little D is trying to act tough and he still just can't cut it. He just is not convincing as a big bad mobster. The only person he could really punch in the face is a girl. what a woos. Actually his acting is getting worse as he gets older. That's because of his conceit he thinks he is great. He has no ability to act a different character. He is always the same dawdy jerk.

...first the movie is very well done (unlike many commentators that seem that do not know about Cinema technical aspects commenting how bad is Besson as director...), the original music and the selected tunes are perfect, all the actors are pretty good here included the cartoonish roles, the color palette is well choose, even the final titles are cool. Second, do not expect more than a meantime movie but good crafted and remembering that still this is cinema may be not the best but is not a TV movie.The plot is simple but full of cliché of the mafia genre; this could be good or bad depending on your side. There s a big mistake in the plot regarding a barbecue/party, but seemed the only way to make the "connection" between couple of characters; anyway, the "first" section of the movie is somewhat too "Hollywood" regarding High school stereotypes and the pace is not good enough; may be cut a few minutes there could be better; however in the "final" part, the things start to speed up a bit and the motion is right there. Plus D Agron is really a beauty (a talented one)

The Family is a 2013 black comedy-action-crime-drama by director Luc Besson. Having a good past track record of great enjoyable films, this film was more than definitely excited among fans of Luc Besson for a successful comeback. Well within the film, the first time we meet the Manzonis (known as the Blakes after relocating), they're arriving at their provincial home in Normandy, France, after an exhausting 11- hour car trip. Everyone is eager to settle in after the long ride, but before Giovanni (now "Fred Blake- DeNiro") can relax, he has to bury the corpse he has stashed in the trunk of the car. Over the course of the next 24 hours, Maggie (Michelle Pfeiffer) has blown up a grocery store, Warren has concocted a plan to hustle the bullies who gave him a beating on his first day of school, and Belle (Dianna Agron) has suffered a crush over math substitute who's agreed to become her personal tutor. It's a fairly lighthearted setup for the obvious chaos to follow. The Family is categorized as a comedy but it's clear this film is more of a black comedic style. The problem is even with black comedies, they (the good ones) are generally funny. However, this film doesn't contain laughs, just more unnecessary scenes of violence and pointless action. This film is quite similar to We're the Millers, but obviously this is more of an action-violent crime mob film, as to We're the Millers is straight forward comedy. Another problem with this film is the characters. They weren't as interesting as they could have been, especially the mother, son and daughter. Robert DeNiro is great as his role, though the other members (Warren and Belle) felt as if they were robots, bland acting. For character study type films like this, the main characters need to be at least likable or enjoyable enough to root for. This isn't the case here. Tommy Lee Jones also appears to be miscast as he looks more stressed and tired throughout the picture. In the end this film tries being a comedy and a crime film but fails at being both. Would not recommend.